Obama tries to protect the Arctic and Atlantic oceans

1. The Big Story: Obama bans future oil leases in much of Arctic, Atlantic

1.1. President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing.

1.2. The move helps put some finishing touches on Obama's environmental legacy while also testing President-elect Donald Trump's promise to unleash the nation's untapped energy reserves.

2. The Political Forums: Obama bars future oil leases in swaths of Atlantic, Arctic oceans

2.1. “Today, in partnership with our neighbors and allies in Canada, the United States is taking historic steps to build a strong Arctic economy, preserve a healthy Arctic ecosystem and protect our fragile Arctic waters, including designating the bulk of our Arctic water and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing,” the White House said in a statement, issued while Obama is on vacation with his family in Hawaii.

2.2. The White House announced the actions in conjunction with the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which also placed a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing in its Arctic waters, subject to periodic review.

3. The Columbian: Obama bans future oil leases in much of Arctic, Atlantic

3.1. President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing.

3.2. The move helps put some finishing touches on Obama’s environmental legacy while also testing President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to unleash the nation’s untapped energy reserves.

4. MPRnews: Obama expected to bar drilling in swaths of Atlantic, Arctic

4.1. President Barack Obama is expected to order wide swaths of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans placed permanently off-limits for oil drilling, people briefed on the administration's plan said, in an 11th-hour push for environmental protection before he leaves office.

4.2. Obama was planning to announce the move on Tuesday, said the individuals, who requested anonymity to discuss the decision before the announcement.

5. A tweet from Michael Johns (michaeljohns)

5.1. "(#)Obama's departing abuses of authority: Imposes executive order banning (#)drilling in (#)Arctic and (#)Atlantic"

6. A tweet from Deb_NC (@Outer_Frontier)

6.1. @POTUS banning in the Arctic & Atlantic is a parting gift to the Middle East. Obama is a patsy (I'm assuming she mean pansy, but I have no clue) and traitor. Saudi oil money talks".

7. A tweet from LibturdHypocrisy (@Rebel4Texas)

7.1. "Muzz-turd piece of crap Tyrant Obama wants to keep us dependent on fellow Muslims' oil by banning offshore drilling in US. Despicable scum".

8. FOW News: Obama bars future oil leases in swaths of Atlantic, Arctic oceans

8.1. President Obama on Tuesday ordered U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean placed "indefinitely" off-limits for future oil and gas leases, in a final fossil-fuel crackdown before he leaves office.

8.2. The move, intended to protect the area’s ecosystem, is a final push by Obama to seal his environmental legacy, and a possible way to bind the hands of his successor.

9. The reason why sources say certain information is because, they want their audiences to think in a certain way, and they feel that the best way to do that is to tell people things in a way that works best for them. The reason that they want to write their headlines in a way that both attracts people's attentions as well as almost demands them to read the article. The reasons that they leave some word out is again to make their audience think a certain way. Take the articles I used for example, they each either used the exact same wording or only changed a few words. The things the media have to gain are money, fame, and trying to get more people to think like them. The point of social media reporting on this is that it makes the word get out fast, the word getting out faster means that they have more people both thinking like them and making them famous, and making them famous makes them more money. The different accounts can confuse people if they look at multiple sources, but it also makes them them more interested to find out what is the truth (at least in my case).

10. A tweet from Gloria Poole,RN,arti (@gloria_poole)

10.1. "Breitbart says Obama is betraying (#)Israel, starting new cold war w/ (#) Russia, banning oil drilling in (#)US, taking over with eminent domain".